11 July 2006--The German Chancellor, speaking for the host country, said the focus of the
Campus would be on development and the environment, in keeping with the character of Bonn as a center
for international cooperation. Together with the Secretary General, the German Chancellor unveiled a
building site plaque for the new United Nations Climate Change Secretariat building.

The building, financed by the German state, is expected to cost around 60 million dollars and is
scheduled to be finished within approximately the next two years. “It is from Bonn that the
world seeks to mitigate and adapt to climate change”, the Secretary General said. The new
building will be situated in close vicinity to the ‘Bonn International Conference Center at the
UN Campus’. The conference center, funded by both by the German government and a private
investor, is scheduled to be completed in 2008 and, with a seating capacity of 4500 in the main
meeting hall and an overall capacity of 6000, will be large enough to accommodate United Nations
Climate Change Conferences and other major UN meetings.